“Endure Destruction”

The fight began, The Leader throwing a punch in the air as a shockwave shot forth, cracking the air itself. The Devil held his hand forth, his veins glowing red as he fired flames out his hand, disparaging the shockwave before following with a dash forth, holding both fists back before delivering a barrage of uppercuts to his gut,

The Leader's vibrations increased as he began flickering in place, quickly dodging each punch before landing with a stomp, the ground breaking as The Devil was launched into the air. The Leader held his hands out to the side, before clapping multiple times, firing large bolts of shockwaves towards him.

The Devil began shooting fireballs out to negate the bolts, activating his ring as illusionary portals formed in the sky, massive monstrous worms shooting down, as he used this to disappear, making it back to the surface. He snuck around as more illusions formed, sneaking up behind The Leader as his fists heated up, dashing forth for another barrage.

"A blind man hears everything."

The Leader turned around quickly, as once The Devil threw his first punch, his hand was redirected into the sky, a giant beam of fire shooting upwards. The Devil couldn't feel his arm as The Leader then impacted his other shoulder, now disabling both of his arms.

The Devil's mask's jaw unhinged as he breathed out fire, The Leader quickly forming a vibrational shield as he was pushed back. The Devil walked closer as he was pushed back, beginning to shoot flaming beams out his eyes to add on to the fire breathing. The Leader's shield couldn't hold up as it broke down, his shoulders pierced by the beams as his body was burnt from the flames.

The Devil began to laugh as he slowly approached, walking up to The Leader as he placed his foot on his shoulder, though strangely he went right through him, as if it were a mere mirage. He quickly looked around before The real Leader reappeared in midair, moving extremely fast as he delivered a kick to The Devil's neck, launching him back as he skid across the ground.

The Leader caught up with him skidding across the ground, catching him back on his feet before kicking him back once more, continuing to follow him with more and more kicks, before launching him all the way to the stadium's seats.

Nico, Mari, and Lite heard a noise, looking around as police cars and helicopters, as well as the news reporters were approaching. They all started running down the stairs, yelling out to the two.

"Wrap this up, people are coming!"

The Leader looked back at them, before The Devil fired more beams at him. He couldn't make his vibrations in times, instead blocking them with his arms and leaning back, the beams piercing his arms, though managing to redirect the beams, his arms now useless.

The Devil then dashed forth, his own arms regaining their feeling as metal tore through his knuckles in the form of claws. He slashed at The Leader's chest, forming an X as he fell to the ground.

Nico's eyes widened as he boosted off a step, launching towards The Devil. He unsheathed his sword as his ring slightly glowed red. He landed in between the two, delivering a horizontal swing as a red slash shot out from around himself, The Devil managing to duck with a cocky grin, though as the slash traveled the entire stadium was sliced, collapsing, his eyes widened.

"Damn it.."

The Devil muttered before disappearing into his illusions, running away. Mari and Lite arrived as they came down to The Leader's aid, the cops and news reporters just now arriving inside the stadium, the police pointing guns at Nico.

"Freeze! Put the weapon down now!"

As Nico took a single step forth the police took no second to begin firing all their shots towards him. Nico used his sword to block each shot with ease, both the cops and news reporters surprised as they took pictures, the cops quickly reloading their guns, now in fear.

"There's 3 people behind me and one's injured, are you trying to get more people hurt!?"

He yelled out at them, walking closer as they didn't know if to shoot or not. Nico sheathed his sword as he walked to them, one cop shooting out of fear as he caught the bullet. Nico entered the crowd of people, as now that he was in the way, medics came to The Leader's aid.

Cameramen surrounded Nico as the same News Reporter Nico always hated came to him, putting the mic in his face.

"Nico, after you disappeared you've came to back to cause more catastrophes!? Do you have no shame??"

The reporters asked, Nico getting ticked off before taking his pistol out, firing it into the air as everyone screamed, backing away from him. Mari rushed through the crowd to take the gun from him, looking at him sternly.

"I don't give a fuck about what you guys think, all you do is look at the negatives! Do you want me to sit here and let you all die, or suck it up and let me do my job!?"

"Because of me there's been less crime in New York than there has been in decades. Sure, some buildings get destroyed, but something that can be rebuilt is less valuable than your ungrateful, sorry ass lives! At this point I'm questioning if saving you guys is worth it, if you're worth risking my own life for yours!"

Nico walked off, Mari not even attempting to stop him as the crowd was left in silence as he left the area, his arms heating up as he pointed his palms to the ground, firing himself into the air and away, returning to headquarters.

Lite and Mari didn't know what to say, as Mari ran back to The Leader, the two helping him into the ambulance, the medics quickly getting his top open to view his chest wound. The cops began surrounding Lite and Mari, as Mari quickly grabbed Lite, and used her sword to boost out of there, an eventful night this was.

Nico stomped inside the headquarters, ignoring everyone trying to greet him as he went into the tech room, taking out his inventions book as he scrolled through the pages, before choosing one specific page. He began getting ingredients from the workers, as being from the other world they had what he needed, mixing it all together before forming a sparking liquid.

"Next time he'll perish."